Mail from Miss Noma came in today. A reply to a letter I sent to the UK last week.
Outgoing Mail-Art
handstamped envelope going to Guy Bleus in Belgium.
Mail to Lancillotto Bellini in Italy, a new Fluxus stampsheet and s,ome small stampsheets for him.
Acrylic painted envelope for Michael Leigh (A1) in UK.
Mail to Jude Weimeir – USA
This is a special envelope made for Jude Weimeir in USA. He always sends me the most interesting things, and because he is a composer I thought he might enjoy the circles that form his name and address. Several fonts were used, and protected with plastic and now on its way to San Diego in the USA. Hope it arrives safe and that he enjoys it.
Mail to C. Mehrl Bennett – USA
Another one of the envelopes by Borderline Graphix (USA) was sent to C. Mehrl Bennett (USA) since she asked for some extra stampsheets to print. So out it goes, also with one of the artistamps sent to me by Mars Tokyo (USA)
Mail to Ryosuke Cohen – Japan
To keep the flow going I send Ryosuke Cohen an enveloppe every two weeks. That way the Brain Cells as a reply do come in. I am currious if he reaches the 1000th issue. That is only a few years away, but a year in mail-art is a costly one with the current postal rates.
On the envelope I use an artistamp that Mars Tokyo sent me. They were for the 25 years celebration of the IUOMA. I am using them on my outgoing mail. Seems more fitting then just archive the complete sheet in the collection. With this passing on more people will see it. With archiving you are never sure if someone will ever look through the archive. That problem is there. Some major archives of mail-art are now in museums, but only researchers will go through them. They will hardly get to any public place where others can see it.
Mail to Anna Boschi – Italy
Sample of mail-art I sent out. This envelope I sent in 1992 to Anna Boschi in Italy. In the end 90-ies I asked mail-artists to sca my envelopes and send the images back to me. That resulted in images like these.
Postcard – incoming
Lynn Radford (USA) sent me this postcard. Here IUOMA rubberstamp at first was a mirror view, and the second one is a mirror-view stamp so the text prints readable. The mixture of the two is fascinating, so I enjoy seeing this play:
It is something which I enjoy in art. When you create something and you don’t get at first what you were looking for, you integrate it with the creating process to make it something completely different. This card is a beatiful sample of it. Love the result, so thank you Lynn!
outgoing Mail to USA, Italy and Canada
Three outgoing envelopes with in it colour copies (double sided) of the received Fluxus Rubberstamp Sheets from John M. Bennett (USA), Lancillotto Bellini (Italy) and R.F. Cote (Canada).
Mail to De Villo Sloan – USA
The enveloppe arrived, so it is safe to blog it now. The new set of Rubber Foam stamps is spread into the network now. We will see how that will go further……
Sample of Stampsheets – TAM Rubberstamp Archive – Breda
A small selection of stampsheets from the TAM-Rubberstamp Archive. Just click on a single one and get a detailed view of the sheet.
